Overview of Qualifications: Water Resouce Planning Services Apr 2003

• Year: 2003
• Title: Water Resource Planning Services
• Author: Boyle Engineering Corporation
• Description: Overview of Qualifications
• Publications - Doc Type: Other

Firm Qualifications - Continued
■ Enhanced version of NWS BREACH model, which is a physical based
breach model;
• Supercritical channel model WASURO developed by the Army Corps of
Engineers;
• Federal Highways Administration WSPRO for steady -state backwater
profiles.
The following is a partial list of two - dimensional hydraulic programs used by
Boyle:
• Army Corp of Engineers RMA2 (TABS), which is a finite- element
hydrodynamic model for steady -state and transient analysis.
• USGS Diffusion Hydrodynamic Model (DHM), which is a finite -
difference diffusion, hydrodynamic model.
• Army Corp of Engineers SED -213 for sediment transport numerical
modeling.
• Army Corp of Engineers HIVEL is used for high velocity flow in
concrete -lined channels for supercritical flow.
■ Federal Highways Administration FESWMS for modeling bridges.
Water Rights Evaluations and Water Court Processes
Boyle engineers are experienced in Colorado water law and the
determination and administration of water rights and permits as they pertain
to surface water, drainage water and ground water. Boyle engineers have
been involved in small and large scale water rights investigations and
analyses throughout Colorado. The services provided in relation to these
water rights investigations include engineering and technical support,
involvement in settlement negotiations, and expert testimony in depositions
and court.
Water rights services have been provided in support of the acquisition and
transfer of water rights from ditches and reservoirs, changes of use,
exchanges, augmentation plans, and substitute water supply plans for gravel
pit operations and others. Engineering work performed in relation to these
services include the determination of water availability, conveyance losses,
historic crop distributions, on -farm application efficiencies, consumptive use,
irrigation and municipal return flows, and stream depletions associated with
pumping wells. Boyle engineers are also experienced in diversion record
retrieval and analysis, and aerial photo analysis including delineation of
irrigated acres and crop types, which are key components of historic use
analyses.
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